...you're Paul Krugman and you come up with this as the basis for your column. In Friday's column, Krugman attacks some Republicans for having successful progeny. [A]merica, we all know, is the land of opportunity. Your success in life depends on your ability and drive, not on who your father was. Just ask the Bush […]
The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof had an op-ed piece in yesterday's paper making an argument for paying people to donate their organs. There is an unecessary shortfall when it comes to organ donation in this country -- and its almost criminal. I have no doubt that there are many people who decline to donate […]
Author David Klinghoffer pens a piece on National Review Online that offers a brief look at an America that's not as disconnected from its spiritual roots as those in L.A. or New York would lead us to believe.
Today's New York Times has an excellent article on the fact that women don't want men to play sports. Well, not exactly, but that's the effect of it. As much as some militant feminists would like to deny it, there are definite differences between men and women. One of those differences -- a higher percentage […]
There's a very interesting article on National Review Online. I didn't see it yesterday, because of an overabundance of work, but it's very interesting. I don't necessarily agree with all of the points made, but this idea did intrigue me: A pattern of late marriage may actually increase the rate of divorce. During that initial […]
I walked through a K-Mart earlier this evening to pick up a couple of things. I don't usually shop there, but it was close and convenient, so I went in. As I walked through the electronics department I was surprised to see "Blade II" (Rated R) playing on several of the TVs -- as a […]
Columnist Mark Steyn has a great article in The Spectator today. There's only one minor mistake -- Anna Nicole Smith's show is on E! not MTV. The best part: When an opinion-former's caught unawares, he retreats to his tropes, however lame, as Lahr did, and Pilger, Chomsky et al. But the clearest way to understand […]
After this announcement, I don't think it can continue to make this claim. Poll after poll shows a vast majority of Americans oppose same-sex marriages. Yet, this move by the Times puts same-sex ceremonies on the same level with traditional marriage and blurs the line. Just another step down the slippery slope of normalizing abnormal […]
Five Christian gunmen stormed a Muslim school in France early today, killing at least six people and wounding at least two others before fleeing. French authorities refused to classify the attack as a hate crime. Sound a little crazy? That's because it is. Here's the real story. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Five unidentified gunmen stormed the […]
A friend of mine sent me a short e-mail with a link to the Fox News story on how the South African version of Sesame Street plans to introduce a muppet who is HIV+ when the fall season starts up. My first response was: ho-hum. If Sesame Street plays it like it says it will, […]